David Lambert

David Lambert is in his thirty-third year as a music educator and his twenty-first year as Director of Fine Arts for the Fort Bend Independent School District. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree and a Master of Arts degree from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, where he studied percussion and band methods with Mel Montgomery, and composition with Dr. Richard A. Coolidge. He also completed post graduate study and certification in school supervision and school administration at the University of Houston.

Under his leadership, Fort Bend Independent School district has created a cadre of exemplary teachers. Over the past ten years, the district has been recognized with three honor performances at TMEA and has received fourteen invitations to perform at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to his appointment as Director of Fine Arts, he served as Assistant Director of Bands in the Nacogdoches Independent School District and in the Fort Bend Independent School District at both Dulles Middle School and John Foster Dulles High School.

In 1976, he was appointed as Director of Bands at Dulles High School. Under his direction, the John Foster Dulles High School Band received numerous awards in state and national competitions. He is an active clinician and consultant.

The Texas Music Administrators Conference named him Texas Music Administrator of the Year for 2000-2001. He is a member of the Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, Texas Music Administrators Conference, a member of the Board of Directors for the Alpha Chapter of the International Band Fraternity, Phi Beta Mu and is presently serving as the Concert Band Vice President for the Texas Music Adjudicators Association.

He resides with his wife of thirty-one years, Sheryl, in Missouri City, Texas, a suburb of Houston. They have two sons. Jonathon, a recent graduate of Elkins High School and band member for four years; and Jason, a clarinetist, former drum major, and All State Choir member. Jason is a Graduate of Dulles High School and Southern Methodist University. He is currently pursuing a career in acting and directing in Los Angeles, CA.